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What is "cubbing"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cubbing

Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (k[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubbing.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. ``Cubb'd in a cabin.''
--Dryden.

Wiktionary
cubbing

n. The activities of Cub Scouts. vb. (present participle of cub English)

WordNet
cubbing

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cub

  1. n. an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: greenhorn, rookie]

  2. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]

  3. the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: young carnivore]

  4. [also: cubbing, cubbed]

cub

  1. v. give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"

  2. [also: cubbing, cubbed]

Usage examples of "cubbing".

It isn't so much their dancing, as their conversation--all about the first meet, and yesterday's cubbing, and to-morrow's covert-shooting, and their foxterriers (though I'm awfully fond of the dear dogs), and then that new golf course.